Fire reaction properties of flax/epoxy laminates and their balsa-core sandwich composites with or without fire protection

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 602-610

  Kandare, Everson ^a   Luangtriratana, Piyanuch ^b   Kandola, Baljinder K ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Laminates; A. Polymer matrix composites; B. High temperature properties; D. Thermal analysis; Fire retardation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATES; COMPOSITE SURFACE; FIRE RETARDATION; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); SANDWICH COMPOSITES; THERMAL DAMAGE; THROUGH-THICKNESS TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TOTAL HEAT RELEASE;

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; FLAME RETARDANTS; GLASS FIBERS; HEAT FLUX; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMOANALYSIS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 84884638601     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2013.08.090     Document Type: Article

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